Oil Industry Plans Record Spending in 2011

One would think that BP’s massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill this year would have given pause to the global oil industry, but that doesn’t appear to be the case. Companies in the sector are planning to spend a record $490 billion…

The BP Oil Spill’s Long-Term Threat to Bluefin Tuna

The Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico may have unleashed a chain of events that could extend economically far beyond the region, threatening one of the world’s most lucrative fishing species — the bluefin tuna. …

Costner Hit With Lawsuit Over Oil-Spill Cleaning Device

Stephen Baldwin has sued fellow actor Kevin Costner over the sale of technology used to help clean the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Baldwin says Costner owes him a share of an $18 million deposit that BP made as part of …